Work-car.



J. ILIFP.

WORK GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1909.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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WORK GAR. APPLICATION FILED JAN-{$1909. 929,440. Ratented July 27, 1909.

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w iglof the United States,

, JOHN lLIFF, TOF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

WORK-CAR.

Application filed January 8, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J'ply 27, 1909.

Serial No. 171,359.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, John Turn, a citizen residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in York-(Jars, of which the following is a specification. 7

his invention relates to cars and shipping attachments therefor and the object of the invention is to provide a work car 011a rubblecar in use on sections with attachments.

and appliances whereby the car may be readily removed from the main line for the passage of trains without the necessity of runfiing to a side track or the unloading of such-cars in order to be able to get them off the track for passing trains.

Another object of the invention is to providea car and'attachment therefor whereby the car may be run off the main track to deposit dirt along embankments adjacent the tracks when the same is needed to widen or otherwise strengthen the dumps.

With the above, and other objects in view which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of elements hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the invention and in which,-

Figure 1 is a: transverse sectional view through a main track showing the method of running a car constructed in accordance with my invention from the main track to allow for the passage of trains. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the line 25-2 of Fig. 1 and looking in the directionof the arrows. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the dump jack.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates the body of an ordinary hand car which is provided with the usual axles 2 mounted upon suitable bearings 3 and. adapted to support the car upon the main rails 1 of the track. The car 1 is provided'at its ends at a suitable distance away from the wheels 2 with depending spaced guide members These members 5 have their upper extremities offset and provided with suitable openings adapted for the re-.

. I each pair of guides 5 are suitable boxings 6 adapted for the reception of longitudinally These axles 7 are positioned adjacent both of the longitudinal sides of the car 1 and are each provided with a pair of wheels 8.

Secured to and revolubly mounted in the boxings (3 are threaded rods-9 working in suitable bearings 10 provided upon the top surface of the car body per extremities provided with suitable hand wheels 11 whereby the wheels 8 carried by the axle 7 may be raised or lowered as desired.

The car 1"is adapted to carry, as accessories, track skids 12, skid rails 13 and a dump jack 14:.

The track ber proper 16 having extending axles a suitable truss 17.

One end of the track 16 is raised as at 18 so as to provide leaving the The opposite .end of the track downwardly for a purpose now scribed.

The skid rail 13 is of the ordinary construction except that it has the outer extremity of its web of openings 19 which are adapted for the reception of suitable pintles 20 whereby the same is attached to the rail jack 1 1. The opposite end of the skid rail 13 is provided with a forwardly extending offset member 21 which is adapted to engage the inner flange of the rail 4, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The space between the rail d and the skid rail 13 is adapted for the reception of a suitable wedge 22, constructed of wood or the like and whereby the skid rail effectively retained upon the main rail. The skid rail 13 has the inner portion of its head adapted to receive the projecting horizontal under clined extension ofthe truck skid '12. The truck skid 12 has its under face, beyond its engagement with the inner rail 1, cut away horizontally so that the skid'rail and the main rail may be of the same height thereby ,providing means whereby the skid rail 13 may be formed of a section of ordinary railway rails. The truck skid 12 may also have its under; face cut away to provide a pocket for the reception of the head of the opposite skid 12 comprises a track mend provided with a plurality face of the in 'rail 4:, and the skid is adapted to have its ,buter end supported by a suitable block 23 interposed between the under face of the rail 16 and the ties of the rails 4. a

The dump jack 14 comprises essentially a pair of spaced vertical members 24. These members 24 are supported upon a suitable base 25 and are effectively braced through the medium of a strap 26 secured to the outer ends of the base 25 and members 25:. These members 24 are each provided with a plurality of horizontally .dis osed alining openings which are 'adapted or the reception of the pins 20 and which engage the openings 19 in the web of the skid-rail 13. It is to be understood that the spaces between each pair of the members I 24 are equal to the width of the base flanges of the rails 13 and that the space bet-ween the rails 13 at their point of engagement with the members 24 of the jack is equal to the distance between the wheels 8. The wheels 8 are preferably flanged upon both of their edges as clearly illustrated 111 Fig. 2 of the drawings and by this means accidental tiltingof the truck 1 is greatly lessened if not entirely obviated.

From the above nection With the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that I have provided an extremely simpleand effective car and accessories therefor whereby the car may be readily removed from the main track to allow the passage of trains upon the track, one which effectively provides for the different depths of embankments adjacent the track and She wherein the car may be returned to the main track and the accessories removed and-positioned upon the car truck with ease and expediency.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the invention as it now appears to me, it'is to be understood that minor details may be resorted to when made within the scope of the following claims, and it is to he understood that while I have described the improvement in connection with a work car I do not limit myself to its application upon this particular engaging the tops of the description taken in con-' skid beneath the rails,

form of car as it is equally applicable in connection with various other cars or to engines if desired. 7

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination with a car having main wheels and auxiliary wheels arranged at right angles to the main wheels and being provided with means for moving the auxiliary wheels above or below the tread of the main wheels, of a truck skid adapted to be positioned across the track of the main wheels and beneath the auxiliary wheels, a skid rail coacting with thetruck skid, and a rail jack adapted to support the skid rail.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination. with a car having main wheels, and auxiliary wheels arranged at right angles to the main wheels and being provided with means for moving the auxiliary wheels above or below the tread ofthe main wheels, of a truck skid adapted to be positioned beneath the auxiliary wheels when the main wheels are raised above the track, an offset stop upon one end of the truck skid, said skid being provided with cut away portions adapted to enga e the heads of the main rails, a truss brace or the a skid rail coacting with the truck skid, said skid rail being provided with a forwardly projecting finger adapted to engage the base flange of one of the rails, a wedge between the skid rail and the main rail, the web of the skid rail being provided with a plurality of spaced openings and a jack comprising a pair of spaced vertical members having alining openings, and a pin adaptedfor engagement with these openings and the openings of the skid rall.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ILIFF.

E. E. HEATH. 

